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Set to visit and study at least two comets, NASA’s Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) should provide the first detailed look at the differences between these primitive building blocks of the solar system, and answer questions about how comets act and evolve as they speed toward the sun.

NASA’s CONTOUR mission to two comets, set for launch July 1, will be the subject of a media briefing Wednesday, June 12, at 1 p.m. EDT at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

NASA’s TIMED spacecraft recently observed our atmosphere’s response to a series of strong solar storms, providing important new information on the final link in the Sun–Earth Connection (SEC) chain of physical processes connecting the Sun and Earth.

It’s hard to see Mars from Maryland, but 100 local middle school students will learn how scientists from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory plan to explore the Red Planet during Comcast-Discovery Space Academy: Mission Mars.

A new imaging technology for identifying cancerous tumors and determining the effectiveness of anti-tumor drugs received The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Invention of the Year award.

Several thousand people — many of them children — are killed each year by the estimated 110 million land mines that lie hidden in 68 countries throughout the world.

All packed up and ready for its long-awaited trip, NASA’s CONTOUR spacecraft left home in Maryland today for Cape Canaveral, Fla., site of its scheduled July 1 launch toward an unprecedented comet study.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., will name its top inventions for 2001 and honor 182 researchers during its third annual Invention of the Year awards ceremony.

Board Chair Dr. Jane B. Schuchhardt thanked APL for its “immeasurable contributions to this school systems and the children of this county.”

The awards will be given during a ceremony at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.